Penny lifted her hands in surrender, that smirk still firmly in place.“She is all yours, little brother.”She leaned closer to me.“I have zero idea what is going on and I am more confused than you are.”
Then she straightened and headed toward her car, shaking her head the whole way.
I didn’t move and didn’t breathe.
Jude stopped next to my window and planted both hands on the roof of my car, leaning down so he was right there.
Close.
“Sleep okay?”he asked.
My brain completely short-circuited.
What?
He had never, not once, asked me something like that.This sexy man cared about how I slept?
“Uh,” I said, because words were apparently optional now, “sure.”
Which was technically true.
I had slept.
I had also dreamed about him… and Jesse.Then they had both turned into turtles.
So, whatever that meant.
“Follow me around back,” he said, straightening.“I cleared out one of the garage bays for you.”
I nodded dumbly because my brain was still stuck on the fact that Jude had run Penny off because I was there for him.
I shifted the car into reverse, backed out carefully, and then followed him as he walked in front of my car and around the side of the clubhouse.
And yes, I noticed him, because how could I not?
The way his shoulders moved under his cut.The way his jeans fit just right.The easy confidence in every step he took, like the ground belonged to him.
It wasn’t like I had anywhere else to look, so I might as well enjoy the view.
The back of the clubhouse opened up into a garage area with four large doors.Three were closed.The one all the way to the right was open.
He stepped inside and turned back to me.“Just pull in over the hoist.”
I nodded and eased the car forward, tires rolling slowly over the concrete.
He guided me with small hand motions, stepping back as I moved forward.“Little more.”
I inched ahead.
“Good.Stop.”
I put the car in park and turned it off.
And then I just… sat there.
“Uh, you gotta get out, Ever,” he called.
“Oh,” I whispered to myself.“Duh.”
